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Cumberland Mine

Producer in Pennington county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107972
MRDS ID D007195
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland Mine
Alternate or previous names J.R. Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.53695, 43.95413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1521
Relative position 3.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pennington(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hill City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rushmore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Cheyenne-Spring(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Dakota Pennington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 001S 005E 21 NW OF NE South Dakota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.53695, 43.95413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH-SOUTH
    Dip 40 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1892
Year of last production 1908

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cumberland Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 112.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUTS. A 300 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT. A 370 FOOT SHAFT, AND SOME STOPING AND CROSSCUTTING

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 20 TON STAMP MILL ; ECON.YEAR: 1982 ; ECON.COM: REMAINS OF AN OLD 10 STAMP MILL ARE ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1955, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART 2, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7707.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN. AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 4 FEET. SIX AND A FRACTION CLAIMS. ABOUT 50 AC ARE PATENTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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